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The assessment can be used to asses five sections such as personal and medical history,
leisure interests, leisure history, individual performance/ social strengths, and maladaptive
behaviors.
Primary Population for Whom the Assessment is
Used:
● The assessment is best suited for
○ Clients living in a nursing home/long-term care facility
■ The components of the assessment allow it to meet physical & psychiatric
long-term care assessment needs
○ Geriatric populations
○ Can also be used with rehab patients
How to Administer the Assessment
● Give assessment no more than 14 days after admission
○ At least once a year // within 14 days of a major change in health/ability
● Reviewing Assessment
○ 7-10 days before resident’s care conference
● Changes
○ If no changes are needed, write “(date)-NC-(initials)” in the top right section of
the page
○ If minor changes were needed:
■ Yellow out information that needs to be changed
● Write the date next to the yellowed out information
● Write in updated info -- date entry
● If minor changes needed, re-give the assessment
How to Administer the Assessment Cont.
● Timeframe for assessment
○ 1st Assessment: 40-60 minutes
○ 2nd & 3rd Assessments: 15-30 minutes each (depending on the depth of chart
review)
● Reality Orientation Assessment
■ Additionally, the resident will be given a reality orientation assessment
How to Analyze/Score the Assessment
● The first page of the assessment is to help gather the information necessary for the activity staff
to safely and meaningfully interact with the resident/client
○ For each section on the first page one can make comments about the changes from one
assessment to the next. One has to remember to put in all the date entries and one can
yellow out any comments that no longer apply.
○ The activity director can use different color ink for each assessment. If different color inks
are used, one has to indicate on the sheet which color is used for the different assessments.
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